Re: sa account locked out

J. Cairn (jcairn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) writes:
I was just about to try the service account (thanks for the
suggestion) but it appears that the account is now unlocked. Not sure
if it automatically unlocks after a certain period if it is locked due
to multiple password failures(?)

Probably. The policies are taken from Windows, so the same policy applies
to SQL logins.



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